157 Remsen Street, Brooklyn

An elevator apartment building built in 2015 on Remsen Street under C5-2A zoning on a 6,900 sq ft lot.

157 Remsen Street is an elevator apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3002500016). The property is zoned C5-2A, on a 6,900 sq ft lot, with 19 floors and 62 residential units. It was built in 2015. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 4 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	3002500016
Borough	Brooklyn — Community District 2
Neighborhood	Brooklyn Heights
Zoning district	C5-2A
Building class	D7 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings
Lot area	6,900 sq ft
Floors	19
Residential units	62
Year built	2015
FAR	12.18 built · 10 max residential · 10 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

1 open Department of Buildings violation
0 open ECB (OATH) violations
3 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SWARMP (latest filing 2023-02-17)

Violation counts as of 2026-07-05.

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Data: NYC municipal records (Departments of City Planning, Buildings, Finance) and FEMA. See our sources and methodology. Data as of 2026-07-11.